Not too much out there in the english language, but the pics speak for themselves: basically the practice of disassembling a frame pretty quickly and temporarily to pack onto a bus, train, airliner etc. It seems to have been pretty common in JP for decades as a way of getting to rides via rail.All this of course makes it bizarre, almost spooky, that I've never seen anything about it on /n/. So, dumping some pics I've found.
>>2015941It definitely skews oldschool/hipster although I don't see any reason it couldn't work with any reasonably normal diamond frame. Rough-and-readiness and access to cheap/interchangeable parts could certainly be a plus.
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>>2015945Originally it seems like people accepted on-the-fly headset rebuilds and travelled with extra grease and BBs. Cages improved that somewhat and now I can't see any reason not to go for cartridge bearings. I have also read that swapping useless toothed washers for those with a D-shaped opening and filing a flat on the steerer is a must.Threadless is good for this too of course.
>>2015946If you have a brake with a straddle cable or etc. that unhooks, it seems like the solution is usually to unhook the entire brake cable run and coil it along with the handlebar. DT shifters are traditionally preferred to remove them from the equation. If for whatever reason you want to disconnect cables, there are gizmos like this. I can see rigging something fairly easily without needing to buy it.
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>>2015950Personally I'm intrigued by the potential for a modular setup, with packability as a bonus. A quick swap between drops and a flat is a natural here. And it seems like easy rebuildability could have good effects on maintanence.
>>2015951A bike set up this way could also make it easier to learn about effects of geometry and strange components impulsively taken out of parts bins. One of the things that usually stops me from doing more bashing is the need to thread fresh cables.
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>>2015954It seems like plenty of people go halfway and it does what they need it to.
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i think in most circumstances you can just remove the front wheel you dont need to be this autistic
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>>2015958>>2015957True enough. But speaking for many, the battle against excessive autism has been fought and lost
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>>2015942>I don't see any reason it couldn't work with any reasonably normal diamond frame.Noooo you have to spend $2500 on a S&S coupled hipster frame so you can make it pack 6" shorter per side
OMG YOU CAN DISASSEMBLE THINGS TO SHIP THEM MORE EASILY. WOW. SO COOL. SO JAPAN.
>>2015957The circumstance is trains in Japan. The maximum size allowed for a bike bag (or any luggage) on Japanese trains is 250cm (w+d+l). But that's oversized and you have to reserve and pay for it. It's 160cm for unchecked luggage. 80cm x 144cm x 30cm (254cm)Those are the dimensions of a standard bike boxWhile you might be able to get away with a basic disassembly, it's pretty dubious with a large touring bike. Those aren't even easy to pack in regular bike boxes.
>>2015951>Personally I'm intrigued by the potential for a modular setup, with packability as a bonus. A quick swap between drops and a flat is a natural here.Dude even regularly swapping between clipless and flats is too annoying. Or, slicks and knobs. People who plan to do those things end up hating it, i speak from experience. It makes way more sense just to have several bikes. I can see the attraction of having external cables, downtube shifters, not fenders and not dynamo lighting etc, everything to make a bike easier to work on.
seems fucking obnoxious I can't imagine disassembling my fucking headset and fenders more than once a year
>>2016044yeah well i measured all of my bikes an not one of them is over 140cm from the front dropout to the rear wheel
>>2016181... and?
What in the fuck is this stupid Jap shit? Disassembling a bike in the most convoluted way possible. 2 nukes weren't enough.
>>2015957I would think that folding bikes have pretty much destroyed any utility of this activity, they’re allowed on trains and much more compact and convenientBut then again, there’s a few “breakaway” bikes still being pumped out, Ritchey is a popular example
>>2018127This bike is made to fit into a paraglider’s backpack so they guy can ride to his takeoff point, assemble the paraglider and disassemble the bike, carry his bike in a backpack and paraglide down
Crappy big box full suspension MTB will fit in a Grand caravan stow and go floor compartment.
